GPAHE: America is confronting a rising tide of Christian nationalism, a political movement that imposes a narrow, exclusionary vision of Christian identity on the nation’s government, culture, and society. As lawmakers clutch scripture to justify legislation, a Christian nationalist flag is flown over a government building, and campaign stages echo with calls for a “Christian nation,” a shocking political assassination on June 14 in Minnesota laid bare the movement’s violent edge.
From bold rejections by mainstream churches to fervent letters from citizens and urgent warnings from community leaders, a diverse coalition is rising up and fighting back to protect a nation where no single faith holds dominion. The stakes are high: Christian nationalism threatens to suffocate democracy’s promise of equality and freedom and erase the separation of church and state.
Christian Nationalism in Political Leadership
Christian nationalism is burrowed deep into government, both locally and nationwide. Several states have embraced Christian nationalist policies and are attempting to integrate religious symbols into public schools. Louisiana’s 2024 law (House Bill 71) and Texas’s 2025 law (Senate Bill 10) mandate Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, though both face legal challenges for violating the First Amendment. Louisiana’s law was struck down by the court of appeals on June 20, 2025, and on June 25, 2025, a group of parents and faith leaders in Texas filed suit, claiming that the law “is wholly inconsistent with the fundamental religious-freedom principles that upon which our nation was founded.”
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